From the years 1953-1958, Mike Kinnear took photos during his school years, until graduation, while working for Fred Ryan Ltd. after school and holidays. Photos for him was a hobby, and he took many photos of the smelter and townsite as it grew around him. Mike also took a number of photos for the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, during the Ken Brumley and Pixie Meldrum years as editors. Mike and his family left Kitimat in 1958, but he spent the best part of 40 years in the photographic field, mainly in the retail/wholesale part of the photo industry.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret and Mike Kinnear.
Scope and Content
Photograph of the front of a 1950s Pontiac. Grey or beige in colour. Image has a pink tint.
Photograph of a brown 1950s Chevrolet parked on the side of a not paved street. Behind it are some single floor homes, and more cars. Homes have green lawns in front. Forest in background.
From the years 1953-1958, Mike Kinnear took photos during his school years, until graduation, while working for Fred Ryan Ltd. after school and holidays. Photos for him was a hobby, and he took many photos of the smelter and townsite as it grew around him. Mike also took a number of photos for the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, during the Ken Brumley and Pixie Meldrum years as editors. Mike and his family left Kitimat in 1958, but he spent the best part of 40 years in the photographic field, mainly in the retail/wholesale part of the photo industry.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret and Mike Kinnear.
Scope and Content
Photograph of a brown 1950s Chevrolet parked on the side of a not paved street. Behind it are some single floor homes, and more cars. Homes have green lawns in front. Forest in background.
From the years 1953-1958, Mike Kinnear took photos during his school years, until graduation, while working for Fred Ryan Ltd. after school and holidays. Photos for him was a hobby, and he took many photos of the smelter and townsite as it grew around him. Mike also took a number of photos for the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, during the Ken Brumley and Pixie Meldrum years as editors. Mike and his family left Kitimat in 1958, but he spent the best part of 40 years in the photographic field, mainly in the retail/wholesale part of the photo industry.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret and Mike Kinnear.
Scope and Content
Photograph of the back of a 1950s Chevrolet. Possibly a brown colour. Image has a pink tint.
From the years 1953-1958, Mike Kinnear took photos during his school years, until graduation, while working for Fred Ryan Ltd. after school and holidays. Photos for him was a hobby, and he took many photos of the smelter and townsite as it grew around him. Mike also took a number of photos for the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, during the Ken Brumley and Pixie Meldrum years as editors. Mike and his family left Kitimat in 1958, but he spent the best part of 40 years in the photographic field, mainly in the retail/wholesale part of the photo industry.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret and Mike Kinnear.
Scope and Content
Photograph of a black 1950s Pontiac with a Quebec licence plate. There is another car behind it to the right, and beyond that there is a green home.
Photo showing swearing in of councillors, from L/R Basil Baxter, ex-councillor; Doug Cohoon, Councillor; Cyril Henderson, Municipal Manager; Wilbur Hallman, Reeve; Matt Gooding, Councillor; Fred Kreller, Councillor.
Photo showing swearing in of councillors, from L/R Basil Baxter, ex-councillor; Doug Cohoon, Councillor; Cyril Henderson, Municipal Manager; Wilbur Hallman, Reeve; Matt Gooding, Councillor; Fred Kreller, Councillor.
From the years 1953-1958, Mike Kinnear took photos during his school years, until graduation, while working for Fred Ryan Ltd. after school and holidays. Photos for him was a hobby, and he took many photos of the smelter and townsite as it grew around him. Mike also took a number of photos for the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, during the Ken Brumley and Pixie Meldrum years as editors. Mike and his family left Kitimat in 1958, but he spent the best part of 40 years in the photographic field, mainly in the retail/wholesale part of the photo industry.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret and Mike Kinnear.
Scope and Content
Photograph of a 1950s chevy logo on a car. Very close up so model of car not visible. Image has a pink tint.
From the years 1953-1958, Mike Kinnear took photos during his school years, until graduation, while working for Fred Ryan Ltd. after school and holidays. Photos for him was a hobby, and he took many photos of the smelter and townsite as it grew around him. Mike also took a number of photos for the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, during the Ken Brumley and Pixie Meldrum years as editors. Mike and his family left Kitimat in 1958, but he spent the best part of 40 years in the photographic field, mainly in the retail/wholesale part of the photo industry.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret and Mike Kinnear.
Scope and Content
Photograph of the front of a 1950s Chevrolet vehicle. There is a person squatting down a bit further back next to it on the right.
VHS Cassette copy of three 8mm films loaned from the Taylor family. Images include:
#1 film contained 1955 Kitimat
a-plant and dock
b-Delta King
c-Hudson's Bay Store at Smelter
d-Paving Kingfisher Avenue
e-Building Nechako Theatre
f-Nov. 11, 1955
g-Snow at last. Mr. Taylor's daughter going to work at B.C. Telephone
h-Building homes on inside loop of Mallard St.
i-Wren St
j-Nechako School- Pink building temporary class rooms
k-Buildings brought up by barge
l-Nechako Shopping Centre
#2 a-Teal Street
b-Waterfall at Northern Dock
c-Fishermen out on Channel
d-Kitamaat Village across the Channel
e-Powerline to Kemano
f-Looking down Douglas Channel
g-On the Delta king
h-#4 Teal St. before paving
i-Kitimat Hotel area 2nd Bank of Montreal Radley Pk.
j-Kitimat's first army cadets under command of Gordon Booth
#3a-Bear at the corner of Teal and Nalabila
b-Lower City Centre in the background
c-Haisla hill prior to landscaping
d-Parade July 1st, 1957
Movie reel of early Kitimat. Super 8 and 8 mm- 400ft 120m a Kodak 884. 3 films were loaned to us from Mr. & Mrs. W. Taylor, 167, 5000 Dalhousie Dr., Calgary, Alberta. These films were all put on the Kodak 884 reel. #1 film contained 1955 Kitimat. They were then transfered to VHS
Scope and Content
VHS Cassette copy of three 8mm films loaned from the Taylor family. Images include:
#1 film contained 1955 Kitimat
a-plant and dock
b-Delta King
c-Hudson's Bay Store at Smelter
d-Paving Kingfisher Avenue
e-Building Nechako Theatre
f-Nov. 11, 1955
g-Snow at last. Mr. Taylor's daughter going to work at B.C. Telephone
h-Building homes on inside loop of Mallard St.
i-Wren St
j-Nechako School- Pink building temporary class rooms
k-Buildings brought up by barge
l-Nechako Shopping Centre
#2 a-Teal Street
b-Waterfall at Northern Dock
c-Fishermen out on Channel
d-Kitamaat Village across the Channel
e-Powerline to Kemano
f-Looking down Douglas Channel
g-On the Delta king
h-#4 Teal St. before paving
i-Kitimat Hotel area 2nd Bank of Montreal Radley Pk.
j-Kitimat's first army cadets under command of Gordon Booth
#3a-Bear at the corner of Teal and Nalabila
b-Lower City Centre in the background
c-Haisla hill prior to landscaping
d-Parade July 1st, 1957
